Microvascular dysfunction in COVID-19: the MYSTIC study

Pre-clinical and autopsy studies have fueled the hypothesis that a dysregulated vascular endothelium might play a central role in the pathogenesis of ARDS and multi-organ failure in COVID-19.To comprehensively characterize and quantify microvascular alterations in patients with COVID-19.Hospitalized adult patients with moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 (n = 23) were enrolled non-consecutively in this prospective, observational,...